The National tribune., 1887-12-15

That's jest 'eordin' to how folks ia raised said
Sphrony with sniff. I'm happy TO say that
I've never been taught 10 consider 'em human
bein's same ez am. Other folks may think
EN- ez good ez they are theirselves'
don't keer what you think nor how you
wuz raised, said Mary, cam or a May mornin',
Il might go SO far ez TO say chat don't envy
you your ralsin, but i won't. I'm satisfied
with my own way. I say agin I thiBk it's
brutal TO hunt down a human bein'. who haiuk
done nOthin' to nobody
Don't you call stealin' his masters propertv
nOthiB'2 It's the meanest, sinfullest thing
that can be did, an / hant much resDeck for
anybody that defends it. Niger -stealers
ought to be Drilled alive, an them that stands
up for 10 don't deserve no better"
Mr. Hathaway said Remus Tullius Ar
buckle, with the same gentle smile an soft,
easy voice he had when he started in 20 thrash
the cusSedness out o. Bud HOskins, III have
to ask You to speak to your wife. I can't low
young lady under my keer 10 be insulted
"'S'phrony Sphrony,' said Lie, gently.
Mister Hathaway, said SphrOny, with
her eyes blazin', air ye gOin' to let that COM
mon, teller bullyrag you. IL So
Go on an say jest what you please Miss
Sphrony-Mrs. Hathaway, / mean Pll stand
up for ye if no one else will, said Hank Gillerh,
who'd been thrown out o. the chase Almost as
the start by his hOSs fallin' an hurtin' his leg.
Hank wuz sour on Lie for cuttin' him out with
Sphrony, an with Remus Tullius Arbuckle for
euttin' him out with Mary Warsaw.
Lie famed up in a mint, for he wuz jeal-
ous by nature. 'Pll thank ye to tend to your
own business, Mr.. Gillem,' he said when we
want ye to put your spoon into our vttles ven
give ye an invite
"'PH only be too glad to argus this little
matter with ye, Mr. Gillem, any place that
yen set said Remus Tullius Arbuckls very
sweety.
Fortinitly for the sake o. peace, Elder Jag
gers come riding up Jest at that time, an everY-
body quit their jOwerin' Outen respeck for the
minister o. the gospel, an we ali rid ahead,
expeetin' that the huntin' party d come down
inter the road piece ahead.
while all this wuz goin' on Zele wuz lead.
in the others the DEVILS own chase over thu
hills, an rocks an cliffs an through the brierA
an cedar thickets. Zeke knOwed all theu
woods Jest ez well g ne did the road to mill,
which the others didn't. Some on EN- fep
down cliffs an nearly broke their necks an
laigs an arms. Some times Zeke d stop on
top of hill, an ez they'd come up, pantin' an
blOwin', would heave rocks at 'em in way "a
make their hair stand on eend. I never see O
boy that could throw rocks ez wicked ez Zeks
Hathaway could.
''We'd logged on for bout three miles an
had come to GOrdOn's Ford n the Dog FenueI
which wuz the preeize place whar Lie a
Neokueu Olu NelSe an got y pnFOnyS promise
to marry him. The remembrance sort o. soft
ened him. for he rode up to S'phrony an Tux
her hand, which she was wuz none too wiIlin'
to give him.
- shall alters remember this spot said he;
for here got the best an sweetest wife in the
whole world. Hank Gillem, spoke little
cross to you awhile ago, an axes your pard-
ing ike a gentleman. Pm sorry for what
said Hank had got over his mad and sod all
the rest, an there wuz gineral pOlOgizin' an
maxim up though Sphronys and Mary Wa
rsaw's wazn't 80 hearty ez the mems.
"There come the boys said some one, an
sho' enough we saw them come streamin' down
the hill, the wust used-up gang ye ever see in
all your born days. Their clothes Wuz torn
a'most often their backs, their faces an hands
wuz bleedin'. Most on 'em had lost their ha1
an some their shoes, an they'd run an seram.
bled till they wuz clean tuekered out They
made for the Crick to get water to cool sheiI
parched tongues. As they come pantin' up 3
HOskins who was hOldin' his cloze on TO him
with both hands, gasped out:
Did ye see that blamed niger? Which
way did he go?'
"' No, we didn't see no niger. Hev ye loss
him2' we said
"'He run right down In here, somewhere
said 81. We see him ez he went over the
brow of the hill an crossed the road, an then
lost sight of him behind these Willers Wen
git him yit.'
40 Did I hear ye inquirin' bout a nigger, ST %
said Zeke Hathaway's voice behind US. 'Msb-
be can help ye find him. What sort Of q
loOkin' niger wuz her
1--WE all looked round, an there stood Zeke,
Il